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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Deciding to plead guilty is a difficult decision. Pleading guilty means that you are giving up your right to a trial – you are excusing the Crown from having to prove your guilt beyond a reasonable doubt through the presentation of admissible evidence. It means that you are putting yourself at the mercy of the court to decide your fate.  2, record 1, English, - plead%20guilty

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

plaider coupable : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles(PAJLO).  2, record 1, French, - plaider%20coupable

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

plea discussions: term usually used in the plural in this context.  4, record 2, English, - plea%20bargaining

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Plea bargaining. ... Crown counsel and defence counsel negotiate out of court, and reach an agreement. Without purporting rigidly to limit the area on which agreements may be made, we say that usually such agreements are: 1. That Crown counsel will, if the accused pleads guilty to a lesser charge, withdraw a major charge. ... 2. That Crown counsel, in return for a plea of guilty by the accused to a charge, will recommend to the Court the imposition of some lenient form of sentence, say probation. Or there may be a bargain which embraces both the above factors.  5, record 2, English, - plea%20bargaining

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 3 OBS

People in the business like to call it plea negotiation.  6, record 2, English, - plea%20bargaining

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 4 OBS

For reasons that will become evident in the course of this working paper, ... we prefer to abandon the expression "plea bargaining" (which, to some, has an inherently negative connotation) in favour of more neutral terminology. In our view, the process with which we are concerned (though unquestionably flawed) may better be described as that of "plea negotiation", or the holding of "plea discussions". The object of that process is to reach a satisfactory agreement, not to give the accused a "bargain." Accordingly, our recommendations eschew the expression "plea bargain" and replace it with "plea agreement". We define that expression (again, in neutral terms) as "any agreement by the accused to plead guilty in return for the prosecutor's agreeing to take or refrain from taking a particular course of action".  7, record 2, English, - plea%20bargaining

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[...] le marchandage de plaidoyers est une entente intervenue hors de cour entre d’une part un procureur de la Couronne,-qui cherche à régler la cause avec un minimum de temps et de frais,-et, d’autre part, l'accusé qui espère voir réduire le nombre ou la gravité des accusations portées ou obtenir le choix d’un procès sommaire ou une réduction de peine. Par une telle entente le procureur de la Couronne promet à l'accusé, en échange de son consentement à plaider coupable, de recommander au juge d’entériner cette promesse.  3, record 2, French, - n%C3%A9gociation%20de%20plaidoyers

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Les spécialistes préfèrent parler de négociation de plaidoyers.  1, record 2, French, - n%C3%A9gociation%20de%20plaidoyers

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS

plea bargaining (en italique) : Cette expression anglaise est consacrée par la pratique.  4, record 2, French, - n%C3%A9gociation%20de%20plaidoyers

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Práctica judicial [...] mediante la cual la procuraduría puede optar por reducir los cargos que pesan sobre un inculpado, si éste denuncia a otros culpables.  2, record 2, Spanish, - negociaci%C3%B3n%20de%20la%20pena

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

A person who is served with a ticket may plead guilty by delivering the ticket, along with the total amount set out in the ticket to the place specified in the ticket.  1, record 4, English, - ticket

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Le destinataire du procès-verbal peut plaider coupable en faisant parvenir celui-ci à l'adresse mentionnée, avec le montant total indiqué.  1, record 4, French, - proc%C3%A8s%2Dverbal

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Any regulations made under this section (a) shall establish a procedure for entering a plea and paying a fine in respect of each offence to which the regulations relate; (b) shall prescribe the amount of the fine to be paid in respect of each offence; and (c) may prescribe any other matter necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.  2, record 5, English, - pay%20a%20fine

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Statute cited: Canadian Environmental Protection Act.  1, record 5, English, - pay%20a%20fine

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Le règlement doit fixer la procédure permettant au prévenu de plaider coupable et d’acquitter l'amende prévue, ainsi que le montant de celle-ci; il peut aussi prévoir toute autre mesure nécessaire à l'application du présent article.  1, record 5, French, - acquitter%20l%26rsquo%3Bamende

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Loi citée : Loi canadienne sur la protection de l’environnement.  2, record 5, French, - acquitter%20l%26rsquo%3Bamende

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Fait pour un accusé de plaider coupable ou non coupable à une accusation.  2, record 6, French, - r%C3%A9ponse%20%C3%A0%20l%26rsquo%3Baccusation

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Éviter d’employer le terme «plaidoyer» (de culpabilité, de non-culpabilité) dans ce sens.  2, record 6, French, - r%C3%A9ponse%20%C3%A0%20l%26rsquo%3Baccusation

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 2 OBS

«Réponse à l’accusation» est normalisé par l’Office de la langue française le 8 septembre 1995.  3, record 6, French, - r%C3%A9ponse%20%C3%A0%20l%26rsquo%3Baccusation

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish